[Summit] Parking

[Thomas Nosal]

You live in a city, people have to park cars. move to coventry if you dont 
want cars on your street.



>From: "Jessica Jenner" <jessica.jenner at verizon.net>
>Reply-To: jessica.jenner at verizon.net
>To: "'Summit Neighborhood'" <Summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
>Subject: Re: [Summit] Parking
>Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 17:18:21 -0400
>
>Wow.  We need to make this a big deal and get Kevin Jackson's attention.
>Regardless of one's personal opinion, if the building inspector and police
>won't enforce the rules, that is a problem.  Jessica
>
>   _____
>
>From: Summit-bounces at sna.providence.ri.us
>[mailto:Summit-bounces at sna.providence.ri.us] On Behalf Of Paul Aceto
>Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 3:29 PM
>To: Summit Neighborhood
>Subject: [Summit] Parking
>
>
>     Some have mentioned parking in front yards, etc. Here are the city
>ordinances that apply:
>
>Chapter 15 (Motor Vehicles), Article I, Section 15-11 c) and d):    Parking
>is not allowed in the front of a building. You may not drive across a
>sidewalk to reach a parking area (unless there is a city-installed
>curb-cut).
>
>Chapter 27, Article VII, Section 704.2 a) and c), Section 704.3: You can't
>pave a front yard as a parking area. Only 50% of a rear yard may be paved
>for parking. You can't park on an unpaved area.
>
>     I'm familiar with these ordinances because the out-of-state landlord
>next door to me paved his entire rear yard to provide parking for students.
>I had the building inspector out to see it and he agreed. He refused to do
>anything about it because he had "more important" things to do.
>
>     Note that 91 Fourth Street is being turned into condos. The owner dug 
>up
>the grass in front of the house and replaced it with paving stones. The
>contractors are using that area to park their trucks. Where do you think 
>the
>new tenants are going to park? Why won't Kevin Jackson insist that the
>ordinances are upheld?


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